As Huang Mao and the two others were engaged in battle, Xiao Long opened his iory and unlocked the dozen or so ste rings he had just picked up to tally his spoils.

  After opening all the ste rings, Xiao Long calcuted that he had a total of one million lrade spirit stones, with half of them ing from Song Yu alone, ahousand middle-grade spirit stones, all from Song Yu.

  There were also various pills, ons, ores, materials, and other miseous items. To Xiao Long's delight, he found a middle-grade spiritual tool alchemy furnad some formation materials, all discovered in the ring of the first disciple he killed, who had the surname Fang.

  In addition, there was a rge amount of food, including some roasted high-level demos, which Xiao Long promptly devoured, gaining a signifit amount of experience.

  "Your spirit stones have reached the amount required to upgrade your cultivation teique. Would you like to upgrade?" The system prompt sounded, and Xiao Long immediately clicked "Upgrade."

  "Ding! Your 'Azure Dragon Tome' has been upgraded to the third level, ing fifty thousand lrade spirit stones!"

  Xiao Long ed some healing pills and then fully activated the Azure Dragon Tome to recover from his injuries.

  The Azure Dragon Tome was divided into seven levels, and reag the third level was sidered a minor achievement. After half an inse stick's time, his injuries were mostly healed.

  Xiao Long opened his eyes, his cold gaze pierg through Sun Ze and the others, causing them to freeze momentarily. The sight of his eyes sent an untrolble fear straight to their hearts.

  Huang Mao's body was already covered in scars, but the wounds were shallow and were healing at aremely slow pace.

  Seeing the two momentarily pause, Huang Mao grabbed a broken tree brand struck Sun Ze on the head with a heavy blow.

  "Bang!"

  Sun Ze was stunned, his vision darkening. Before he could recover, a bck fsh darted past, and in the moment, Zhu Gang saw Sun Ze's head soar into the air, blood gushing out.

  "You have killed a level 11 wild monster, gaining 2250 experience points! (Level challenge bonus 50%!)"

  Seeing his panion killed, Zhu Gang's mental state pletely colpsed. He tried to escape, but as soon as he took a step, the bck shadow fshed again, and he was decapitated. Thus, two Qi densing Realm warriors met their end.

  Huang Mao was stunned; he hadn't expected the boss to be so powerful! The person who had beaten him so badly was instantly killed!

  "This pce is not safe, let's go!" Xiao Long urged, feeling a sense of foreboding, as if real danger was closing in.

  "Alright!"

  Da Hei and Er Hei climbed onto Huang Mao's back. Before leaving, Xiao Long g the distant pit and quickly crawled away.

  System prompt: Ae monster of level 20 is approag from the south, danger level: extremely high!

  "Hmph! You think you just leave after killing disciples of my Fire Cloud Sect?"

  At that moment, a loud voice echoed between heaven ah, with inner Qi rolling out like a muffled thundercp. Xiao Lo his mind tremble and spat out a mouthful of blood.

  Huang Mao also spat out blood, his berserk state instantly brokeing to his inal form. Da Hei and Er Hei were even more severely injured; if not for the Subdue Dragon Art proteg them, they would have been gravely wounded.

  The power of a single shout was astonishing!

  Xiao Long's expression turremely grave, knowing that a truly dangerous figure had arrived.

  Ahead, five figures broke through the air and nded on the ground. The leader was a fat middle-aged man with silver hair and bck eyes. His appearance ig-like, but his gaze was chilling, like eternal frost, making one shiver with cold at a gnce.

  This man was Xue Yi's father, Xue Wuqing!

  "Qi densing Realm peak of the tenth level, Qi densing Realm seventh level, Qi densing Realm eighth level, Qi densing Realm seventh level..."

  Xiao Long assessed the strength of the people in front of him, quickly calg in his mind how to escape.

  tless methods fshed through his mind, but each was rejected.

  This situation was unsolvable! Unless he risked his soul being scattered and unleashed a Soulstorm, no one present could withstand the soul power of an Emperor Realm. But the oute would be mutual destru!

  "Are you the snake demon who killed my daughter?" Xue Wuqing's cold gaze bore into Xiao Long, but he saw no ripple in Xiao Long's icy eyes.

  Looking around at the demos, all were c on the ground, trembling, except for the Bck Spine Snake and the Vajra Ape in front of him, eared unfazed, as if they knew no fear.

  "So you are indeed trolled by a beast tamer!" Xue Wuqing said coldly. "In that case, I'll capture you and slowly refine your soul, and I will find out who your master is."

  "You want to extract my soul?" Xiao Long seemed to hear something incredibly amusing. "Haha! Such arrogance, let me show you what true soul power is!"

  A resolute look fshed in Xiao Long's eyes, and a terrifying aura began to rise within him.

  Being captured by a Qi densing Realm ant to have his soul extracted? What a joke! As the Burning Heaven Dragon Emperor, he would rather his soul be scattered thahis ant feel what true fear is!

  "Boss! No!" Huang Mao and Da Hei, Er Hei seemed to realize something and cried out in arm.

  Even Xue Wuqing was startled by the terrifying aura, feeling an inexplicable sense of dread.

  "Heh, who would have thought, I, the Burning Heaven Dragon Emperor, would fall in such a pce!" Just as Xiao Long was about to unleash the Soulstorm, a system prompt suddenly sounded.

  System prompt: An unknown life form is approag from the northwest, danger level: unknown.

  "Hmm?"

  Xiao Long looked back, and a fluffy white shadow began te in his pupils.

  Xue Wuqing and the others also paused, staring at the white shadow. As it approached, they realized it was a fluffy, snow-white fox.

  The white fox was very small, only the size of a palm, yet it exuded a noble and enting aura, fwless as if crafted by the heavens, especially its pair ht blue eyes, deep and cold, breathtakingly beautiful.

  Xiao Long was astohe fox was alive!

  "What kind of monster is this?" Xue Wuqing stared at the white fox. It was the first time he had seen such a beautiful demo, yet strangely, he couldn't dis its specific strength.

  "Hmph! Pying tricks!" Xue Wuqing snorted coldly, striking out with a palm in mid-air. Silver inner Qi gathered into the phantom of a long sword, flying towards the white fox.

  The long sword phantom halted an inch before the white fox, motionless, as if o an invisible wall. Then, everyone saw the sword phantom disie into harmless spiritual Qi, dissipating into the air.

  "What!" Xue Wuqing's face ged drastically.

  To dissolve his attack with such ease aurn it to the heavens ah, this move was truly astonishing!

  An Innate Expert might bloe of his moves, but never so effortlessly, dissolving it bato its most primal spiritual Qi!

  At this moment, a glimmer of light appeared in the pure eyes of the white fox.

  Boom!

  Suddenly, the sky rumbled, the winds and clouds shifted, and the spiritual Qi between heaven ah seemed to go berserk at that instant, verging towards the ter, f a spiritual Qi storm in the blink of an eye!

  The ter of that spiritual Qi storm recisely where the members of the Fire Cloud Sect stood!

  "Ah!"

  Screams erupted as several inner sect elders of the Fire Cloud Sect found their spiritual Qi being drained bit by bit, their flesh dissolving!

  "Run!"

  They wao flee but couldn't move an inch. In the spiritual Qi storm, they were utterly immobilized, sinking deeper and deeper.

  "Ah!"

  Finally, a Qi densing Realm seventh-level elder couldn't withstand it, his inner Qi drained pletely, turning into a puddle of blood that merged with the earth and disappeared entirely.

  Soon after, another Qi densing Realm seventh-level elder turned into blood, leaving no remains.

  Those who had e with suentum now died without even knowing how.

  "This is..." Xiao Long watched, uo hide his astonishment. This method of maniputing spiritual Qi was unheard of, even with his knowledge.

  "Could it be the legendary Immortal Spirit Body?" Xiao Long's heart trembled.

  A few breaths ter, all the elders who had e were dead, leaving only Xue Wuqing alive.

  Xue Wuqing's face was heavy, his remaining True Qi dwindling, gritting his teeth to hold on.

  "Beast! I, Xue Wuqing, swear to the heavens, ime I will take your life!"

  A fierce look fshed in Xue Wuqing's eyes. He then struck his chest with a palm, spitting out a mouthful of essence blood, which burned in the air, transf into a massive energy that enveloped him, scattering the spiritual Qi and creating a temporary vacuum.

  Fixing a deadly stare at Xiao Long and the white fox, Xue Wuqing sshed through the spiritual Qi storm, creating a brief vacuum, and slipped through the gap, then leaped away, disappearing from sight.